Yesterday was the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, where teams from America’s Premier League of football pick college football players and young internationals. Michael Orr runs down the top picks, and the interesting situation which centred around predicted number one pick Darlington Nagbe.

Famed for its global success in Winter Sports, Vancouver is building foundations as impressive as the city’s surroundings as they look to become North American Soccer’s next big thing. Jack Hyom spoke to North Londoner Niall Malone, who spent a summer behind the scenes at the Vancouver Whitecaps.